Consulting Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

Have you ever felt you need to make more progress with your consulting or coaching business? Today, we decode the profit puzzle and dive into the different levels of success you can achieve with your consulting or coaching business: stable profits, sustainable growth, and scalable success. How great does that sound?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 22, 2023

I've assured you I know something about this topic. And you continue with your day. But when you write for your organization's consumption, you might have many other secondary readers. Polly wants to write something to the teams about what she wants for status. Thank you so much for your efforts to date.

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 16, 2016

I worked hard but not excessively so; I billed about 30-35 hours a week but took a lot of vacation days. What works? What doesn’t? What I love is helping people clarify their goals and become the best that they can be. Now, you start thinking about all the reasons you should do it. You also must be a savvy business.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 10, 2021

It’s what happens after you stumble, don’t get that job, or miss the promotion that determines the long-term arc of your career and life. Everybody has a bad day, week, month, or year. But a career lasts 16,425 days, 2,340 weeks, 540 months, or 45 years. It’s what you do the morning after the bad day that matters.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Drawing on your past experiences. If you are less than a year away from applying for jobs you may be better off building a surface level understanding of the core consulting skills and then trying to identify places where you have already applied these tools in your life. Define what you could have done differently or better.

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Buzzsprout

JANUARY 3, 2024

Finding answers to your podcasting questions can be frustrating and time-consuming, but a good podcast course consolidates all the necessary information into one convenient place. This guide lists the best podcasting courses to help launch and market your new podcast, learn about tech, and monetize your content !

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Action Plan

MAY 22, 2023

In speaking to my Getting Out There Group last week, I told them that next month we would be working on creating an email newsletter for their business. A Newsletter… – Keeps you thinking and working at expressing your ideas. Keeps you in front of your ideal audience every week (or two). How powerful? Have fun with it.

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Asamby Consulting

JULY 25, 2022

What does a good strategy execution require If you have the right strategy and execute it well, your business will thrive. But given your strategy is smart, what's required to execute well on your strategy? This article outlines a simple framework to execute your strategy. It's that simple.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 11, 2021

You will be continually building your toolkit to bank new skills and industry knowledge to a point where you can independently and reliably deliver value on each project. The value of increasing your competencies and capabilities is obvious. What to learn. Knowledge acquisition has compounding effects. Learning from others.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 26, 2020

I was recently asked what are the best strategies and best practices for consistently creating valuable content for my weekly newsletter and email marketing. Here is what has worked for me: A genuine commitment to myself to be consistent and never miss an issue. I maintain a database of future topics to write about.

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Tsavo Neal

OCTOBER 23, 2020

When do you know your website needs more content? With every piece of content you produce, you’re creating a little “mini-you” that will go out and market your business. When your customers are asking you the same questions over and over. When you need material to help you follow up with your prospects.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

To meet the challenge I recommend changing your frame of reference. Take for example real estate agents, who are experts at keeping their names fresh in people’s minds: At least once a week I get a postcard listing recent home sales in my neighborhood. Here are my favorite tricks: Schedule time in your calendar.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 10, 2022

If you are just starting out, you will find yourself editing your resume, preparing answers for experiential questions, and practicing business frameworks to use in the case interview. Would they look forward to catching up with you the next time they run into you or visit your regional office? Local Level. Regional Level.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 18, 2022

If you didn’t mean to punch somebody else in the face, whether you meant to or not is of little importance to the person’s face on the other end of your fist. This means that when you mess up, you recognize it, take ownership of your mistake, and make efforts to make things right to the extent possible. Comment below to let me know.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2017

being paid on a 1099 tax basis as a business instead of on a W-2 tax basis like a temp worker makes a huge difference to your profitability for two key reasons: You pay less tax. As a self-employed business owner, you have to pay the employer’s share of your Social Security and Medicare contribution or 15.3% of your taxable income.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I learned to write faster and better when I took a topic—any topic—and write for 15 minutes. (See Let's deconstruct what I said. First, choose a topic. Do I have perfection rules about topics? What if you have typos? You might look at your fingers to train yourself to write without typos.

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Chad Barr

APRIL 29, 2020

This week has already started as a very busy and productive week for me. I am planning on inviting more of my clients and continue these discussions on various topics of interest. The first episode is my conversation with my colleague and brilliant marketer, Marc Evans , discussing the topic of Growing Your Business Online.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 31, 2018

One of the best things about mentoring other consultants is the opportunity it gives me to reflect on what I do as a consultant and why. This week our group was exploring the topic of gaining and retaining leadership buy-in and it caused me to stop and really think why this matters so much and it all boils down to this -.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2020

What exactly is a professional? Strong communication will make your manager’s life easier. Make your manager’s job easier by managing yourself. Funnily enough, a big part of your manager’s job is to manage you. When you deliver some work to your manager, don’t just send it over and wait for her to move the ball forward.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 31, 2022

A few weeks later I decided to further challenge myself and create my 40 additional lessons learned. The same repeated a few weeks later and when I was ready to publish the next 40 lessons, I decided to then create my 120 Lessons Learned from Running My Business download. article, which I published a couple of weeks ago.

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Action Plan

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Last week I was listening to an interview with Wil Wheaton who played Wesley Crusher in Star Trek, The Next Generation. When I wanted to get into the web, I read a book called, “Create a Website in a Week with HTML.” I read it and in a week I had my first website. A week later I was designing them for clients.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 6, 2020

I bet you've been in a class or a workshop over the past few weeks. Then, you got broken into working groups with too many people and not enough time to discuss a specific topic. You found that topic either not useful or needed much more time to discuss. You didn't get what you wanted—or needed—out of the class.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2023

But what about daily operations? What about the myriad details that have to be planned, correlated, weighed, resolved, and all the rest of it for the business to run smoothly? Embrace the reality that your business needs an Integrator. Define how you will engage with the rest of your team. So far, so good.

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The Fearless Marketer

JULY 12, 2021

What is the program structure? Mark your calendar now). Just me and you live – deeply exploring what works to attract clients. Primary topics of discussion/masterminding: These are the things that, when understood and implemented, get the best overall results. Targeting your ideal clients. Why am I doing this?

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Whilst love may well be in the air for many towards the middle of the month, you may also find yourself looking at your to-do list and detesting it. Here are 10 ways to love your list, and turn it from a never-ending source of demands into a way of taking charge of your valuable time: 1. Know what matters most.

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Kates Kesler

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

On the other hand, we tend to jump to solving what looks urgent, when a slower approach might be better. Conversely, front line team leaders should be empowered to make many decisions but with an impact horizon only for the coming weeks or months (staffing, work schedules, project timelines). Include strengths and are not all bad news.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 4, 2021

A few years at a top tier consulting firm will look fantastic on your CV and can open up many career opportunities. The work mentality is too deeply engrained into the culture of most firms and it is difficult to protest when you have plenty of colleagues more than willing to spend 80+ hours a week on the job. Responsibility.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

APRIL 9, 2023

I was doodling this week, waiting for a store to open in the mall, and I came up with a drawing for what innovation really looks like: Insight Creativity Action A circle. Creativity is important in innovation because you need to try and improve your business. That’s what leads to the “Doom Loop of Discounting”.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 10, 2021

It’s what happens after you stumble, don’t get that job, or miss the promotion that determines the long-term arc of your career and life. Everybody has a bad day, week, month, or year. But a career lasts 16,425 days, 2,340 weeks, 540 months, or 45 years. It’s what you do the morning after the bad day that matters.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 25, 2021

When people who need what you’re offering truly get what your value is, some of them engage you and work with you. Is there a BIG secret to helping prospects really get your value? Spend a lot less time explaining what you do. Instead, spend a lot more time showing what you do. It helps people.

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Brimstone Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2021

I recently had the honor of discussing the topic of burnout on Amy Irvine’s Wine and Dime podcast. The research found that working 55 hours or more a week was associated with a 35% higher risk of stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease than a workweek of 35 to 40 hours. Why does this matter?

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QEmploy

JUNE 10, 2019

The first step in every journey is the hardest and we hope to help you start on your path. Furthermore, they explore every possible subject, including coveted topics in the IT industry. Scale Your Code. Scale Your Code is distinct and fascinating in its Q&A format. This week in Enterprise Tech. Technovation.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 26, 2023

I started to write what I called “chapter-thingys.” for more about that topic.) What were my secrets? If enough people have enough questions, I write a book, using workshops to validate my suppositions about what people need to learn. People often ask me how long it takes me to write a book. See Manage It!

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ConsultX

AUGUST 2, 2021

Everything Business Consulting is brought to you by ConsultX - Your License to become a successful Business Consultant. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society. As featured on EOFire with John Lee Dumas.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They are an opportunity to step away from the to-do-list and think more strategically about what you’re trying to achieve, the impact the work is having and the priorities moving forward. They also strengthen working relationships and show your team members that you value and care about them. The following are good topics to cover.

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Action Plan

APRIL 24, 2023

There are two big issues when it comes to marketing your services: The first is learning the strategies and tactics to attract clients. Marketing and selling your professional services is not rocket science. Stillness is when you are simply aware of what is going on – without arguing about what’s going on. Like John F.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

What I found was that I love loyalty programs because they are rewards and touchpoints that keep folks engaged with your products, services, or, in my case, often, teams. I don’t know if Byron Sharp has any new research on this topic or specifically around those types of ideas.

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